The Counseling Center Team

Korean Apocalyptic Visions and Biblical Imagery

“…I argued that simply because the beliefs and actions of the Empire of Mount Sion movement had a political dimension or a political effect did not mean that the principal motivation for the actions of its followers had been either their political views or their sense of Korean nationalism. 3 Following their victory in the Russo-Japanese War (1904)(1905), Japan established a protectorate over the Kingdom of Chosŏn (Korea) in 1905, followed in 1910 by the formal annexation of the Korean kingdom into its growing empire. Colonial control over the Korean peninsula ended with Japan's defeat in the Second World War in 1945.…”